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What does it take to coexist with nature? (by Kathleen)

Some may know this, but many have forgotten - in Singapore, we live in the remnants of a Big Cat era. Tigers and leopards once roamed lush forest that covered our island. But with habitat loss from...

Outside the Pool - Talk about Plastic Ocean with Marine Scientist Dr Kathy Townsend (by Christine)

At Zen Freediving we think outside the pool. While teaching and training freediving build the core elements of our organization, we also aim to learn more about the environment we love to spend so ...

Hope for the future, one clean up at a time (by Kathleen)

Hope runs scarce as an environmental advocate. The changes I seek within political, economic and social systems happen slowly and imperceptibly, always with great resistance. At the beginning, the...

Pink dolphins at Lazarus Island (by Michelle)

It was just another normal open water training day, or so we thought. Conditions were looking good as we pulled up to our usual spot between Lazarus and St John’s Island on 16 February, 2020. Ther...

Singapore's First Freediving Clean Up (by Michelle)

On 10 Aug 2019, in the middle of the National Day long weekend, 15 Zenners headed to the bay between Lazarus and St John’s Islands, with the aim of cleaning up the seabed. From previous trips, we k...

Freediving with the Ama in Japan (by Michelle)

Most freedivers know of the legendary ama divers of Japan. Known as “海女” in Japanese, which directly translates to “sea woman“, these ladies depend on the sea for their livelihoods.  The diving tr...

ADEX Singapore 2019 (by Nathania)

Once again, Zen made their presence known at ADEX Singapore 2019, which was dedicated to ocean plastic free future. Our booth was teeming with people, full of fellow freedivers and those who were...

Chasing Coral Social (by Nathania)

This month we hosted a screening of 'Chasing Coral' together with BBQ dinner and drinks, and much poolside banter for our Zenners! Our fish people bonded over grilling mouth-watering steak slab...

Harvesting Practices of the Sama-Bajau Fishers

In mid August, we invited Shannon Switzer Swanson, a photojournalist, marine social ecologist, and National Geographic Explorer from San Diego, California, to give a talk on the indigenous, tradit...

"Birthplace" - helping to raise awareness of plastic in the oceans

At Zen Freediving, our ongoing social commitment has been to ocean conservation and awareness (for example, we have been active partners of Project Manta for several years, going to the Great Barr...